Harold Pinter in conversation at the British Library

A few months before his death, Harold Pinter was interviewed by director Harry Burton at the British Library to commemorate the donation of his archive. In this edited version of their conversation, Pinter reminisces about his years in rep theatre, talks about his relationship with his father, discusses his poetry - and explains why not everything Alan Ayckbourn says about him is true ...

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